Fittings for plumbing systems



. April Z7, 1937. E. w. KAISER ET AL 1 2,073,879

M FITTINGS FOR PLUMBING sYSTEMS Filed March 20, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet l EDVIMRD WKA/SEQ JAMES EDWIN QUl/V/V- 1/ TORS A ril 2.7, 1937.

E. W. KAISER ET AL FITTINGS FOR PLUMBING SYSTEMS Filed March 20, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FIG. 22

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Fatented Apr. 27, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Edward W. Kaiser and James Edwin Quinn, Chicago, Ill.

Application March 20, 1935, Serial No. 11,910

6 Claims.

This invention relates to fittings used in plumbing systems and particularly to the fittings used in connection with water closets, sinks, and bath tubs.

An object of our invention is to provide a novel form of fixture designed for a water closet, disconnected from the surface of the bathroom floor, and. at the same time permitting drainage of the bath tub which necessarily must be beneath the surface of the floor.

A further object of our invention is to form such a novel connection which will readily adapt itself for use in connection with the usual standard system of plumbing for bathroom purposes.

A further object of our invention is to provide a fitting which will require no cutting of joists or in any way require cutting up of floors in a building.

A further object of our invention is to construct such a novel form of fixture which combines in connection with said fixture the necessary venting and reventing in order to prevent siphonage.

A further object of our invention is to devise a novel plumbing fitting in which not only may the water closet be disconnected from the surface of the floor but which will permit such fixture to be placed in said manner in various floors of the building; that is in stack formation.

These and other objects will appear from the drawings in which similar parts are designated by similar characters in which:

Fig. 1 shows our improved fitting in a standard plumbing system in which said system is shown in diagram;

Fig. 2 is a side elevaton of our improved fixture showing a water closet in a side. elevational view and showing the walls of the building in cross section;

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of our improved fitting and;

Fig, 4 a side elevational view thereof;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but with the vent pipe in a right side connection;

Fig. 6 a rear elevational view of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a side elevational view of our improved left side fitting having double bath tub waste openings;

Fig. 8 is similar to Fig. 7 showing a right side vent opening;

Fig. 9 is a side elevational view of left side vent fitting showing one aperture of double water closet connection;

Fig. 10 is a rear elevational view' of a double water closet connection showing double vent apertures;

Fig. 11 is a view of our improved fitting having an elbow bent at ninety degrees for the purpose 60 of carrying the soil pipe on a horizontal plane in order to reach the main soil pipe located between walls in a different vertical plane;

Fig. 12 is a side elevational view of a water closet with a side elevational view of an elbow fitting showing the walls and floors in a cross section;

Fig. 13 is a side elevational View of a left hand elbow fitting;

Fig. 14 a front elevational view of said fitting of Fig. 13;

Fig. 15 is a view similar to Fig. 13 but with a right vent;

Fig. 16 is a rear elevational View of Fig. 15;

Fig. 17 is a front elevational view similar to Fig. 13; but having an extension in the L for connection with soil pipe on a horizontal plane;

Fig. 18 is a front elevational View of Fig. 17 similar to Fig. 14; V

Fig. 19 is a view similar to Fig. 17 but with a vent pipe on the right hand side and;

Fig. 20 is a rear elevational view of the fitting of Fig. 19;

Fig. 21 is a side elevational View of an extension member for use in connection with our improved fitting;

Fig. 22 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 22-22 of Fig, 21; v V

Fig. 23 is a view similar to Fig. 21 but with no hubs on the apertures of said section;

Fig. 24 is a cross section taken on the line of 24-24 of Fig. 23.

In the drawings similar parts are designated by the same characters in which I is the vertical soil pipe, 2 is our improved fitting in which 3 is the flange thereof for making contact with the main soil pipe I, 4 is the rim of the tub making possible the opening 5 said opening serving as the inlet from the water closet to the soil pipe, 6 is the inlet of the bath tub waste pipe, 1 is the vent of the fitting for connecting with the vent pipe 8, 9 the extension thereof vertically, I 0 is the wash basin, l l the bath tub, l2 the horizontal waste pipe for carrying the bath waste E3 of the lavatory, I 4 is the connection of the vent pipe with the soil pipe I2, I 5 the bottom flange of our improved fitting, It the extension of the vertical soil pipe beneath our fitting, H the water closet, la the bathroom wall immediately adjacent of said closet, E9 the horizontal connection between saidjwater closet and fitting 2, 20 is the floor of the bathroom, 22 is the elbow form of our improved fitting, 23 the top flange thereof, 24 the hub of the opening '25 into which the water closet empties into the solid pipe, 26 the flange end of the L shaped fitting for contact with the horizontal waste pipe, 28 is the vertical soil pipe exmeans for contact with an extension horizontal pipe, and 30 the flange thereof, 3! the flange of tending to the room below, 29 is the projecting a horizontal pipe section, 32 a hub opening therein having a flange 33 for connection with a vertical soil pipe, 34 a horizontal opening in said sectional fitting having a flange 35 for contact with a horizontal pipe, 36 is the contour of a pipe sec tion, 31 a flange on a sectional part of a waste pipe, 38 an opening in said sectional part for contact with a horizontal pipe and 39 an opening for contact with a vertical pipe fitting and iil is the contour of the pipe Fig. 23.

The various drawings show either a right hand or a left hand fitting; that is whether the waste enters the main soil pipe from the right hand sid or the left hand side. Other fittings such as Figs. '7, 8 and 9 show double fittings, permitting fixtures on both sides of the main soil pipe, Fig. 10 shows a rear view for a double fitting showing a double vent. In each instance where there is a left hand fitting which is shown as the standard such as for instance in Fig. 3 showing the bath tub drainage opening at G, the similar connection on the right hand fitting such as shown on Fig. 6 is designated 6 and likewise the vent branch 1 is designated as l in a case of a right hand fitting such as shown in Fig. 8.

With the fittings now on the market it has heretofore been impossible to use the standard plumbing system in connection with a water closet to be located above the surface of the bathroom floor. This is due to the fact that the waste outlet from the bath tub of necessity must be below the surface of the floor and consequently the waste outlet from the water closet was also required to be beneath the surface of the floor. To use the fittings now on the market in connection with a wall hung water closet, requires an expensive and undesirable cutting up of the standard plumbing system. With our improved device it is not necessary to change any of the standard plumbing system in use yet the water closet may be located above the surface of the floor and still permit drainage from the bath tub to be readily disposed of.

Both for esthetic as well as for sanitary reasons, it is desirable to have the water closet located above the surface of the floor.

It is of course necessary to have a vent system in order to prevent a siphoning effect and in Fig. 11 is shown the vent system with the portion 28 broken away which extends down towards the story or floor beneath Fig. 11 for similar venting in the bathroom located on that floor. Fig. 11 also shows our improved fitting in L shaped form.

Frequently it is not possible to have the bathroom on each floor located directly above the other and consequently the L shaped fitting shown in Figs. 11 to 20 provides the means for a horizontal waste drainage to carry it over to the side as far as may be necessary in order to have the vertical soil pipe extend between the walls of a building.

It will be readily apparent how our invention may easily be connected with and become a part of a. standard system of plumbing. The fitting may be made of cast iron or of any other material used in connection with plumbing systems.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. As a new and useful article of manufacture,

a main soil-pipe section for use in bathroom plumbing, having a vertical body with a horizontally facing aperture therein near its top, surrounded by a seat for direct connection with a water closet and a forwardly extending vent pipe elbow projecting therefrom in the same horizontal plane as the aforesaid aperture, but not connected therewith, together with a second horizontally facing aperture located well towards the bottom of the section surrounded by a seat for connection with a drain pipe.

2. As a new and useful article of manufacture, a main soil-pipe section for use in bathroom plumbing, having a vertical body with a horizontally facing aperture therein near its top, surrounded by a seat for direct connection with a water closet and a forwardly extending vent pipe elbow projecting therefrom in the same horizontal plane as the aforesaid aperture, but not connected therewith, together with a second hori zontally facing aperture located well towards the bottom of the section surrounded by a seat for connection with a drain pipe, said second aperture being in the same vertical plane with the aforesaid elbow.

3. As a new and useful article of manufacture, a main soil-pipe section for use in bathroom plumbing, having a vertical body with a horizontally facing aperture therein near its top, surrounded by a seat for direct connection with a water closet, and a forwardly extending vent pipe elbow projecting therefrom in a plane parallel to the face of the seat for the closet connection, together with a second horizontally facing aperture located well towards the bottom of the section surrounded by a seat for connection with a drain pipe.

4. As a new and useful article of manufacture,

a main soil pipe section for use in bathroom plumbing, having a vertical body with a horizontally facing aperture therein near its top surrounded by a seat for direct connection with a water closet, and a forwardly extending vent pipe elbow projecting therefrom in the same horizontal plane as the aforesaid aperture, but not connected therewith, together with two directly opposed apertures located well towards the bottom of the section surrounded respectively by two opposing drain pipe connection seats.

5. As a new and useful article of manufacture, a main soil-pipe section for use in bathroom plumbing, having a vertical body with a horizontally facing aperture therein near its top sur rounded by a seat for direct connection with a water closet and aforwardly extending vent pipe projecting therefrom in the same horizontal plane as the top of the pipe section, together with a second horizontally facing aperture located well towards the bottom of the section, surrounded by a seat for connection with a drain pipe.

6. As a new and useful article of manufacture, a main soil-pipe section made integrally for use in bathroom plumbing, having a vertical body with a, horizontally facing aperture therein, near its top, surrounded by a seat for direct connection with a water closet, and a forwardly ex tending vent pipe elbow projecting therefrom in the same horizontal plane as the aforesaid aperture, but not connected therewith,.together with a second horizontally facing aperture located well towards the bottom of the section surrounded by a seat for connection with a drain pipe, the said elbow and the said second aperture being in the 0 same vertical plane as the top of the pipe section. 7

EDWARD W. KAISER. JAMES EDWIN QUINN. 

